Improved clothes-drier



' UNITED-l STATES PATENT OFFICE..

H. BLOOD, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANAQ |MPaovED CLOTHES-Dalen.

Specification forming part of Letters PatentNo. 42,160, dated April 5,1864.

To all whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, H. S. BLOOD, of New Orleans, in the parish ofOrleans and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and Improved WindowOlothes-Drier and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a partof this specification, in which-Figure 1 is a side sectional view of my invention taken in the line wir,Fig. 2 5 Fig. 2, a plan or view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twogures.

This invention relates'to a new and improved device for hanging clothesfrom a window for the purpose of drying the former.

The invention consists in the employment or use of brackets, such as arecommonly used by painters to enable them to paint the outside ofwindows, in connection with a platform and also in connection with polesattached to the brackets and arranged in such amanner as to be. capableof being rotated, all the parts being so constructed, applied, andarranged as to admit of the device being very readily' applied to awindow and removed therefrom, and also to admit of the wet clothes beingsuspended from the device, and when dry removed from it with thegreatest facility.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

AA represent two brackets constructed each of a straight bar, a, havinga pendant, b, secured by a brace, a, with a lateral projection, d, atits lower end. The bars a have each a series of holes, e, madevertically through it, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, and the outer ends ofsaid bars are each provided with a hook, f, and they are. also providedwith abutton, g, the latter being at same distance from their outerends.

B B represent metal pins, which may beinserted in any of the holes e ofthe bars a of the brackets and C is a platform of rectangular form,whichis placed on the brackets A A, the front edge of the platform beingfitted under the hooks j' f and its back edge resting against thebuttons g, which are adjusted or turned so as to lap over the back edgeof the platform, the latter being prevented from slipping laterally bymeans of cleats l1, attached to its um der surface at each side of thebars a of the brackets. B y means of these hooks f, buttons g, andcleats h, the 'platform may be readily of the platform there is attacheda similar seg-- ment-bar, k, which is concentric with t', and extendsthe whole width of the platform, as shown in Fig. 2. The bar la hasaseries of notches, l, made in it at equal distances apart and in radiallines with the holesj in the bar t', and to the upper surface of the bar7o there are attached a series of buttons, m, which may be turned so asto cover the notches l.

D represents a series of poles, which may be of cylindrical form and ofany suitable length. The inner or back ends of these poles are providedwith journals a, so as to fit and turn freely in the holes j of the bart', said poles also fitting in the notches l of the bar 7c and se curedtherein by the buttons m. The portion 0 of the poles between the twobars k t' are larger in diameter than the other parts in order to admitof the poles being readily turned when adjusted in proper place and forthe purpose presently described.

'lhe device is used as follows: The brackets A A are adjusted or placedon the sill of the Window, the projections d of the pendants b bearingagainst theouter side of the wall, and the pins B B are inserted in theholes e so as to bear against the inner side of the wall. The platform Cis then adjusted and secured upon the brackets, and the clothes to bedried are then placed upon the poles D in the same Way that they areplaced on an ordinary clothesline, they are secured on the poles by clams E constructed of sheet metal, galvanized' ir ,or any metal that willnot oxidize and soil the clothes may be used. These clamps may beconstructed in any proper manner so as to admit of the clothes beingrolled up on the poles in the same way that a flag is wound upon itsstaff. The poles when the clothes are wound upon them are secured in thebars 7c i, and the poles are then'turned by grasping the parts o so thatthe clothes will be unwound from the poles and remain suspendedtherefrom.

The poles D, it will be seen, have a radial position, so that a spacewill be allowed between the clothes of the several poles, to alloT theair to circulate freely around them. When the clothes are dry, the polesD are turned so that the former may be wound upon the latter and removedor taken in from the Window with the greatest facility and Without theliability of becoming' soiled by contact with the Window or any part ofthe building.

This device when provided with six poles, ten feet each in length, iscapable of having as many clothes suspended from it for drying as may beplaced on two ordinary clothes'` lines. It may be constructed at a verymoderate cost. All the parts with the exception of the pins B may be ofwood.

I would remark that small pins q may be driven into the inner sides ofthe leidants b to catch under the front part of the windowsill andprevent the device being raised up from the sill under the action of thewind.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The employment or use of a series of poles, D, fitted to a platform,C, or to any suitable fixture attached to a Window-sill, in such amanner that said poles may be capable of being rotated for the purposeof Winding the clothes upon them and unwinding the clothes therefrom,substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

2. The segment or curved bars k t', attached to the platform C, andprovided, respectively, with notches l, buttons m, and holes j, for thepurpose of securing the poles D to the platform, as herein described.

3. The combination of the brackets A A, poles D, and platform C, thelatter being provided with suitable fastenings for the poles, and allarranged to operate substantially as and for the purpose herein setforth.

H. S. BLOOD.

Witnesses:

M. DE (JoURsEY, J As. FURNEAUX.

